Sultan Qaboos University-College of Science

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

MATH 1106 - Pre-Calculus - Test I-Spring 2006
Date: March 7, 2006 Total Marks: 40 Time: 1 hour.
Guidelines:
1. Read all q'uestions first.
2. Answer all 6 questions and fustify your answer in order to get fu,ll maTks.
3. Do your best in this test, and keep using the PTecalculus Drop-in- Center facilities
and Tesources in order to improve your peTformance fOTthe next exams.
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1. [4 Marks] Simplify the expression 2 Y X 2' X - xy + Y
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2.
(a) [,5Marks] Find all real solutions of the equation:

( X2 - ~) 2 - (X2 - ~) = 2.
(b) [5 Marks] Solve the inequality and express your answer in interval form:
x-9
.X2- 9 < 1.
3. Let f(x) = 2x2 - 4x + 3.
(a)[3 Marks] Does the function f have a minimum or does it have a maximum? Find
the minimum or the maximum value of f.
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(b) [3 Marks] Sketch the graph of f, and indicate clearly all intercepts if any.
(c) [2 Marks] On what intervals f is increasing and decreasing?
4. Let g(x) = 3 - Ix+ 41.
(a)[6.5 Marks] Starting from the graph of y = lxi, use appropriatetransformations
to sketch the graph of g. At each step showall intercepts on your graph.
(b)[1.5 JVIarks]From the graph, find the range of g.
5. [5 Marks] Find the domain of h defined by: h(x) =
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2x
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1 - 1 + !.xl .
, 6.[5 Marks] A pilot flew from a city A to a city B, a distance of 2500 km. On the
return trip from B to A the average speed was 20% faster than from A to B. The
whole round trip took 9hlOmin. What was the speed from the city A to the city B?
Sultan Qaboos University-College of Science
Department of IvIathematics and Statistics
MATH 1106 - Pre-Calculus - Test I-Spring 2006
Date: March 7, 2006 Total Marks: 40 Time: 1 hour.
Guidelines:
1. Read all questions first.
2. Answer all 6 questions and jv,st-ify your answer in order to get full marks.
3. Do your best in this test, and keep -u,singthe Precalculus Drop-in- Center facilities
and reSO'u,Tceisn order to improve your performance for the next exams.
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1. [4 Marks] Simplify the expression ? y X 2' .7:-- xy + y
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(a) [.5Marks]Find all real solutions of the equation:
(X2 - ~) 2 - (X2 - ~) = 2.
(b) [5 ]\IIarks]Solve the inequality and express your answer in interval form:
x-9
:;;2- 9 < 1.
3. Let f(.7:) = 2.7:2- 4.7:+ 3.
(a)[3 Marks] Does the function f have a minimum or does it have a maximum? Find
the minimum or the maximum value of f.
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(b) [3 Marks] Sketch the graph of f, a.nd indicate clearly all intercepts if any.
(c) [2 Marks] On what intervals f is increasing and decreasing?
4. Let g(.7:)= 3 - Ix+ 41.
(a)[6.5 Marks] Starting from the graph of y = lxi, use appropriate transformations
to sketch the graph of g. At each step show all intercepts on your graph.
(b)[1.5 Marks] From the graph, find the range of g.
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5. [5 Marks] Find the domain of h defined by: h(x) =
, 6.[5 Marks] A pilot flew from a city A to a city B, a distance of 2500 km. On the
return trip from B to A the average speed was 20% faster than from A to B. The
whole round trip took 9h10min. What was the speed from the city A to the city B?
Sultan Qaboos University-College of Science
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
MATH 1106- Pre-Calculus - Test 2-Spring 2006
Date: 18 April 2006 Total Marks: 40 Time: 1 hour.
Guidelines:
1. Read all questions first.
2. Answer all 7 questions and justify your answer in order to get full marks.
1. [6 Marks] Solve the equation: log(3 - x) = 210g(x-1).
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2. Let f(x) =.JX=l, g(x) = 2x'
' / (a) [3 Marks] Determine fog and find its domain.
(b)[3 Marks] Find the expression of a function h satisfying the relation (foh)(x) = x.
(x - 1)2
3. Let r(x) = 2(x - 4)2'
(a) [3 Marks] Find the intercepts an asymptotes.
(b) [2 Marks] Find the limits near the vertical asymptote.
(c) [3 Marks] Sketch the graph of r. Show all asymptotes and intercepts on your graph.
4. Simplify and write your answer in single logarithm.
(a) [3 Marks] log3(4) log4(5) log5(6).
-, (b) [3Marks] loga(a+ 1)loga+l(a + 2) loga+99(a + 100).
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5. [4 Marks] Find a polynomial P(x) of degree 3 with integer coefficients that has zeros -~ and 3i.
6. The half-life of palladium-lOO is 4 days. After 20 days a sample has been reduced to a mass of
0.375 g.
(a) [2 Marks] What was the initial mass of the sample?(Give your answer in exact number)
(b) [1 Mark] Find a function that models the mass remaining after t days.
(c) [2 Marks] After how many days will only 0.15 g remain?
7. [5 Marks] Ahmed walks straight towards a tall building and checks the angle of elevation from
the ground to the top of the building at two positions A and B. The distance from A to B is 30 m.
From A the angle of elevation is 30° and from B the angle of elevation is 45°.
Find the height h of the building.
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Sultan Qaboos University - College of Science
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
MATH 1106 - Precalculus - Final Exam Spring 2006
Date: 15 May 2006 Total marks: 90 Time: 150 min.
i. Read all questions first.
ii. Answer all questions and justify your answers in order to get full marks.
1. Find all solutions of the following equations:
(a) [6 marks] In(4'" - 2",+1 - 3 + e) =1. (b) [5 marks] z3 - i + vI3 = o.
(c) [5 marks] 1 + cos(2x) = -3 (sin2 x + sin x).
2. (a) [4 marks] Sketch in the complex plane the set {z = a + bi : Izl < 3, b;:::lal}.

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. .)3 + x 3 (b) [5 marks] State the domam of h(x) = x - 2 + log .~ -x Ixl and express your answer
in interval form.
3. (a) [6 marks] Rewrite cos(2cos-1 x - sin-~ x) as an algebraic expression in x.
(b) [3 marks] Express the function g(x) = vI3 cos(5x) - sin(5x) in terms of sine only.
4. Prove the following identities:
2 tan x-. . - log( ab) log( %)
(a) [5 marks] 1 + tan 2x - sm(2x). (b) [5 marks] logb(a) -loga(b) - 1og()a Iog(b)'
5 (a) [4 marks] Find the amplitude, period, phase shift, and the range of g(x) = 3 cos(2x + 2;).
(b) [6 marks] Graph one complete period of 9 and indicate all x-intercepts on. your graph.
6. Let P(x) = _X5 + 5x3 - 4x.
(a) [5 marks] Factor P(x) completelyinto linear factors and find all its zeros.
(b) [4 marks] Sketch the graph of P(x).
7. [4 marks] Consider the circle defined by the equation X2 + y2 - 4 =4x - 2y.
Find the equation of the line passing through the center of the circle and perpE;!ndicular to the
line y + x =o.
8. (a)[5 marks] Show that h(x) = -x2 + 4x - 2, x;:::2 is one-to-one function and find its inverse.
(b)[2 marks] Determine the range of h. /'f' C
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9. Consider the following figure:
'--' (a) [4 marks] Find the length of the side CD. .~~

(b) [3 marks] Find the length of the side BC. ~ A. ~

10. A wire of length 10 cm is cut into two pieces: One piece of length x is bent into a shape of an
equilateral triangle, and the second piece of length 10 - x is also bent into a shape of an equilateral
triangle as depicted below:..
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6 (a) [7 marks] Find a function that models the total area;i the two triangles.

(b) [2 marks] Find the value of x that minimizes the total area of the two triangles.
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